GRE Word List
ROUSING
giving rise to excitement : stirring
The meaning of the word rousing is giving rise to excitement : stirring.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| defer | put off |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |